Compliance requirements
The contracting authority will exclude a bidder or joint bidder if a ground for exclusion under Section 95(1) of the Public Procurement Act applies. The contracting authority may also exclude a bidder if a ground under Section 95(4) applies. When submitting the bid, the bidder must confirm that no exclusion grounds apply. Before contract award, the contracting authority will verify the absence of at least the grounds listed in Section 95(1) on the basis of evidence. In addition, the bidder must confirm that subcontractors or suppliers linked to the Russian Federation in the manner described in the regulation will not be used for more than 10% of the contract value, and that the offered goods are not subject to international sanctions and do not originate from sanctioned areas.
Qualification criteria and exclusion grounds
The bidder must have a valid operating licence at the place where the service will be provided for outpatient ophthalmology services. In a joint bid, every joint bidder must meet this requirement. The licence number(s) must be entered in the bid form, and the bidder must confirm that the service will be provided in the premises on which the licence was issued.
For 2025, the bidder’s net turnover from healthcare services must be at least EUR 143,261. The required turnover is calculated for one doctor working full-time in outpatient consultations and increases proportionally with the number of doctors and workload stated in the bid.
The bidder must have provided outpatient ophthalmology services at least 50 times during the 12 months before the date of the decision to launch the procurement. The bidder must confirm this in the procurement register.
For e-consultations, the bidder must either have provided e-consultations in the offered specialty during the 12 calendar months before the month of the decision to launch the procurement, or be ready to provide e-consultations through the health information system by the bid deadline, where this is required by law for the specialty. The bidder must confirm this in the procurement register.
The tender documents also require the completed bid form, doctor confirmation, healthcare institution confirmation, and any other documents required by the bid form. If the bid is a joint bid, a power of attorney from the joint bidders must be attached. The machine-readable notice did not include any further precise compliance requirements; these must be checked in the tender documents.